Intraosseous glomus tumor of the ulna: a case report with radiographic findings and a review of the literature.
Intraosseous glomus tumors of bone are extremely rare. We report a case of an intraosseous glomus tumor of the ulna. The patient was a 25-year-old woman who had a three-month history of a palpable mass in her right forearm with spontaneous pain. Radiographs showed cortical hypertrophy and a shell-like bone formation surrounding the small osteolytic lesion within the cortex of the ulna diaphysis. The differential diagnosis included benign bone-forming tumors, such as osteoid osteoma. The patient was treated with an en-bloc resection and filling with beta-TCP. Up to one year after the operation there has been no evidence of recurrence.
Urakawa
Hiroshi
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Memorial Hospital, 4-305 Hirabari, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8520, Japan. urakawa777@hotmail.com
Nakashima
Hiroatsu
H
Yamada
Yoshihisa
Y
Tsushima
Mikito
M
Ohta
Takehiro
T
Nishio
Tomoko
T
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna